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    Governments always tend to want not really a free press but a
    managed or well-conducted one.

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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand read more

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge

by Erwin Knoll Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

by Anne Sullivan Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in read more

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress

by Wendell Phillips Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

by Spiro T. Agnew Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

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If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention.

If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention.

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The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by read more

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

by I. F. Stone Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

by Wendell Phillips Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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All I know is what I read in the papers.

All I know is what I read in the papers.

by Unknown Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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